— September 2, 2026
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Asked about Whiskey Pete’s dangerous purge at the Pentagon in the middle of a war, Speaker Mike Johnson said he’s too busy to do his job of acting as any kind of check. “I have to trust that they're doing the right thing,” he said. “But I'm really, I'm literally not qualified to address it.”
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